18 Graduation Songs For The Class Of 2018

Graduation season will soon be upon us! Everyone’s got their rituals when it comes to celebrating their graduation. Some people have parties or barbeques, some may just be lazy and sleep in the day after graduation. While everyone’s got their rituals, I’ve always found music to be symbolic of the stages that I’ve experienced in my life. So, with that all said, here’s a list of songs that I think should be on every graduate’s playlist this graduation season.

For younger generations, you’ve perhaps never heard of Vitamin C. Vitamin C, the stage name of American songstress and current Vice President of Nickelodeon Music Colleen Fitzpatrick, was a pop star in the ‘90s. Apparently after “Graduation” came out, every high school graduation played this song because of its massive popularity back in the day. Take a listen and judge for yourself if you like it.

If you’re looking for another ‘90s bop to listen to, look no further than R. Kelly. Even if you’re unsure if you’ve heard this song, believe me I know that at some point in your life, you’ve heard this song’s lyrics in passing.

I don’t know about you, but all you’re doing in college is staying alive as you’re working hard to get your degree. So, it only seem natural to have this song play as you’re groovin around with your hard earned college degree.

Before you start sending me hate mail saying that Nickelback is quote-unquote “trash”, hear me out. Not only is this song nostalgia on steroids, but the themes of saying goodbye to good times is frankly part of what graduation is about, don’t ya think?

I’ll keep this one point blank and simple: Graduation is a day where you just take everything in and savor the moment of walking across the stage to get the degree you’ve worked so hard on, so why wouldn’t this song be on a graduation playlist?

Odds are you’re gonna miss the friends you’ve made in college, and you’ll likely have to part ways as you embark on post-college life. Yet, as this song implies, you’ll always get the chance to reconnect with people you’ve known in college (or in any setting really) someday in the future.

While this song conventionally is not something you’d relate to graduation, this song is about going places and always having someone to seek out when need be. To get walk the stage, there’s a likely chance you did not do that on your own and had people help you get there. Whether it’s your mom or dad, brother or sister, friends, whoever, you’ll always have people to look for in the bleachers cheering you on at graduation.

Leaving the college you spent years at will feel as if you’re leaving a second home away from home. It’s a bittersweet feeling, but hey, don’t worry graduates! As Phillip Phillips sings, “Just know you're not alone / 'Cause I'm gonna make this place your home.”

This was my anthem when I graduated from high school in 2016. Literally I would listen to this song every single day leading up to my graduation after Panic! released this song.This song is all about celebrating victories, and let’s face it, so is graduation.